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THE BAXTER BULLETIN, Mountain Home, Ark. Friday, June 26. 2009 Page 8A Sheriff, police chief urge public 5 to lock up i SHERIFFFrom Page 1A The police department is currently preparing its biannual crime trend report. The chief said he anticipates a slight increase in the overall crime rate in the city of Mountain Home, but no increase that is outside the norm for a city with Mountain Home's age County Citizens Fighting Crime reward of $500 for information leading to the arrest of two men who robbed the store of $1,483.23 will be enough to bring witnesses forward. "We believe there's someone out there who saw something that night.

They may not know that what they saw was relevant to the crime," the sheriff said. Montgomery said crime in the county also shows no marked spikes except for the spree of boat pilfering. "Take that out, and we're about normal," the sheriff said. The sheriff said he's concerned that a March 28 armed robbery of the A Restaurant in Gassville remains unsolved. He said he's hoping the Baxter Ark.

Supreme Court Bulletin Photo by Kevin Pieper Larry Nelson, CEO of First Security Bank, talks about the changes he has seen in his 37 years in banking. Nelson is retiring today after 37 years with the bank. Today is also Nelson's birthday. He is 62. Nelson retires after 37 years with bank overturns miles from where her sport utility vehicle ran out of gas on U.S.

Highway 65 near Dumas. She had been strangled and police found a black zip-tie around her neck. Osburn became a suspect and voluntarily spoke to police and allowed them to search his home and truck. Police arrested him on Sept. 28, 2006, and took him to a metal outbuilding on the then-sheriff-elect's property near Dumas fof questioning to avoid reporters, the court said.

Police began asking Osburn if he wanted to have his son or daughter testify in a criminal trial and that "there is no tomorrow for us," Danielson wrote. At another point, the agents said they hadn't ruled out the possibility that Osburn's son committed the crime. Osburn asked once for a LITTLE ROCK (AP) The Arkansas Supreme Court overturned a capital murder conviction Thursday in the 2006 kidnapping and slaying of a 17-year-old girl, saying a state police investigator and an FBI agent used "blatant coercion" and threats to get a confession. Justices split in the decision to reverse and remand Kenneth Osburn's conviction in the slaying of Casey Crowder of Pine Bluff. In the majority decision, Justice Paul Danielson found that the two investigators ignored Osburn's request for a lawyer and continued to interview him in violation of his rights.

The investigators repeatedly mentioned Osburn's son and daughter, telling the truck driver to "help us and help yourself and help your family" by telling "the full truth," the opinion said. Osburn's lawyer sought to have the interviews suppressed, but a lower court judge allowed them in his January 2008 trial. "Osburn finally succumbed to that pressure, but only after the agents had essentially 'dangled' his ability to see and protect his family in front of him time and time again," Danielson wrote. "We simply cannot ignore the coercive statements in the interview itself, nor the statements by (the interrogators) which continually suggested to Osburn that he might not be able to see his family or that his daughter might be arrested unless he confessed." Crowder was a senior at Watson Chapel High School when she disappeared Aug. 27, 2006.

Her body was found days later in woods a few ing him, and of engaging in strange and inappropriate behavior with other children. The case followed years of rumors about Jackson and young boys. In a TV documentary, he had acknowledged sharing his bed with children, a practice he described as sweet and not at all sexual. Despite the acquittal, the lurid allegations that came out in court took a fearsome toll on his career and image, Michael Jackson dies in LA hospital at 50 and he fell into serious financial trouble. Jackson was preparing for what was to be his greatest comeback: He was scheduled for an unprecedented 50 shows at a London arena, with the first set for July 13.

He was in rehearsals in Los Angeles for the concert, an extravaganza that was to capture the classic Jackson magic: showstopping dance moves, elaborate staging and throbbing dance beats. Hundreds of people gath- MICHAEUFrom Page 3A closest companions. Jackson caused a furor in 2002 when he playfully dangled his infant son, Prince Michael II, over a hotel balcony in Berlin while a throng of fans watched from below. In 2005, he was cleared of charges he molested a 13-year-old cancer survivor at Neverland in 2003. He had been accused of plying the boy with alcohol and grop The case has gone "cold" but some evidence from the crime scene is still be analyzed by the Arkansas State Crime Laboratory.

Any person who has information is asked to contact the sheriff's office criminal investigation division at 425-7000 or leave a tip on the sheriffs office tip hot line at 424-4636. fwallisbaxterbulletm.com conviction lawyer, but the interview continued until he asked a second time, the court said. The interview stopped and while the state police investigator stepped outside, FBI agent Boyd Boshears claimed Osburn said that he was "in a mess." "We simply cannot ignore the blatant coercion that occurred," Danielson wrote. Justices Justice Annabelle Clinton Imber, Donald L-Corbin and Elana Cunningham Wills joined the majority opinion. Justice Jim Gunter dissented, writing that Osburn's statements to police weren't coerced and interrogators "may use some psychological tactics in eliciting" comments from suspects.

Justice Robert L. Brown also dissented, saying police did not deny Osburn his right to consult with a lawyer. ered outside the hospital as word of his death spread. The emergency entrance at the UCLA Medical Center, which is near Jackson's rented home, was roped off with police tape. So many people wanted to verify the early reports of Jackson's death that the computers running Google's news section interpreted the fusillade of "Michael Jackson" requests as an automated attack for about half an hour Thursday evening.

may no longer be available. i rvo Chamber of Commerce as director and president; served as a director on the Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce; won the 2004 Chamber of Commerce Opal Award for vol-unteerism, and was inducted into the Mountain Home High School Hall of Fame in 2005, among other achievements. He continues to teach smoking-cessation classes at the Peitz Cancer Support House at Baxter Regional Medical Center. In spite of his many accomplishments, Nelson is humble. "I would really like people to know how grateful am to God and this community for the opportunities I've been given, not just in the bank, but in lots of different areas in lots of different ways," Nelson said.

"There have been lots of folks over the years who have had a vision for Mountain Home and helped it grow, and if I have helped in any way, then that's a good thing." He's looking forward to spending time with his wife, Brenda, whether playing golf or sitting on the front porch together. "Mr. Brenda is the highest title that I've ever had," Nelson said of his marriage to KTLO-FM radio personality Brenda Nelson, who retired on June 19. "President, CEO of a bank is okay, but Mr. Brenda is probably the high point of my career." June has been a month of celebrations for the Nelsons.

In addition to their retirements, the couple observed their fortieth wedding anniversary this month and Larry turns 62 today. "I'm so proud of everything he has done for his hometown," Brenda Nelson said. Larry Nelson is philosophical about the future. He believes that life is full of seasons of various lengths in which we pursue our passions with enjoyment and enthusiasm, and when the season runs out, it's time to move on to the next thing, to create a vacancy for the next person with a passion for the same thing. "I think that if we don't move when the season's over, then we deprive ourselves of the next joy and someone coming behind us of the joy of doing what we just finished.

This is a new season, and we'll look and see what God's got next. We know it'll be something, and we're a little bit excited to see what that is." dperersonbaxrerbufletin.com NELSONFrom Page 1A to prevent discrimination. Nelson's father was president of the bank from 1984 until he died in 1994. "Working with Dad was a rare opportunity that not very many people get," Nelson said. "He was quite a model.

Never said much, but was an excellent judge of character. He taught me a lot about character, integrity, honesty, doing the right thing and never questioning what the right thing to do was." Looking back, Nelson feels a sense of accomplishment for having helped manage the bank through years of economic change, deregulation, then reregulation, increased competition, the proliferation of banks and bank branches, interstate banking and the development of mega banks. "We went from no account numbers on checks to no checks at all because of ATMs and debit cards," Nelson said. First Security installed the first Automatic Teller Machine in Mountain Home in 1976 and was part of a network of only eight ATMs in the entire state of Arkansas. "All the electronic payment systems have been a major change in how we do business," Nelson said.

He also is proud of watching the bank staff develop to a point where he can be gone and know everything's going to be all right. He's confident that his father's legacy of conservatism and doing the right thing is embedded in the bank's staff, whom he describes as extremely competent at what they do. "It's not something I brought," Nelson said, "but it's something that I've helped continue, and that feels really good." Nelson's career has reached beyond the walls of First Security. He was appointed twice by Governors Bill Clinton and James Guy Tucker to five-year terms on the state banking board and served twice as chairman; was appointed by Tucker to serve with 20 other bankers and attorneys on the governor's task force to revise Arkansas' banking code; and is active in the Arkansas Bankers Association. He has been a member of Rotary since 1972 and served as president in 1978; served eight years on the Baxter County Airport Commission, including 'four as chairman; served the Mountain Home Court delays I nmmm UMMEE? SAL Hurry In! Limited Quantities! 3F AVC -rtEJI VI EJ4fd Summer Savings Values Look for the RED signs! mm varies by size and by store.

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